Luke 11:21-53

²¹When a stronge man armed watcheth his housse: that he possesseth is in peace.

²²But when a stronger then he cometh vpo him and overcometh him: he taketh from him his harnes wherin he trusted and devideth his gooddes.

²³He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he that gadereth not with me scattereth.

²⁴When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man he walketh through waterlesse places sekinge reest. And when he fyndeth none he sayeth: I will returne agayne vnto my housse whence I came out.

²⁵And when he cometh he fyndeth it swept and garnissed.

²⁶Then goeth he and taketh to him seve other spretes worsse then himsilfe: and they enter in and dwell there. And the ende of that man is worsse then the begynninge.

²⁷And it fortuned as he spake those thinges a certayne woman of the company lyfte vp her voyce and sayde vnto him: Happy is the wombe that bare the and the pappes which gave the sucke.

²⁸But he sayde: Ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it.

²⁹When the people were gadered thicke to geder: he began to saye. This is an evyll nacion: they seke a signe and ther shall no signe be geven them but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

³⁰For as Ionas was a signe to the Ninivites so shall the sonne of man be to this nacion.

³¹The quene of the southe shall ryse at iudgement with the men of this generacion and condempne them: for she came from the ende of the worlde to heare the wysdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomon is here.

³²The men of Ninive shall ryse at the iudgement with this generacion and shall condempne them: for they repented at the preachinge of Ionas. And beholde a greater then Ionas is here.

³³Noo man lighteth a candell, and putteth it in a previe place nether vnder a busshell: But on a candelsticke that they that come in maye se the light.

³⁴The light of thy body is the eye. Therfore when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evyll: then shall thy body also be full of darknes.

³⁵Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darknes.

³⁶For if all thy body shalbe light havynge noo parte darke: then shall all be full of light even as when a candell doeth light the with his brightnes.

³⁷And as he spake a certayne Pharise besought him to dyne with him: and he went in and sate doune to meate.

³⁸When the Pharise sawe that he marveylled that he had not fyrst wesshed before dyner.

³⁹And the Lorde sayde to him: Now do the Pharises make clene the out side of the cup and of the platter: but youre inwarde parties are full of raveninge and wickednes.

⁴⁰Ye foles dyd not he that made that which is without: make that which is within also?

⁴¹Neverthelesse geve almose of that ye have and beholde all is clene to you.

⁴²But wo be to you Pharises for ye tithe the mynt and rewe and all manner erbes and passe over iudgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done and yet not to have left the other vndone.

⁴³Wo be to you Pharises: for ye love the vppermost seates in the synagoges and gretinges in the markets.

⁴⁴Wo be to you scribes and pharises ypocrites for ye are as graves which appere not, and the men that walke over them, are not ware of them.

⁴⁵Then answered one of the lawears and sayd vnto him: Master thus sayinge thou puttest vs to rebuke also.

⁴⁶Then he sayde: Wo be to you also ye lawears: for ye lade men with burthens greveous to be borne and ye youre selves touche not the packes with one of youre fyngers.

⁴⁷Wo be to you: ye bylde the sepulchres of the Prophetes and youre fathers killed them:

⁴⁸truly ye beare witnes that ye alowe the dedes of youre fathers for they kylled them and ye bylde their sepulchres.

⁴⁹Therfore sayde the wisdome of God: I will send them Prophetes and Apostles and of them they shall slee and persecute:

⁵⁰that the bloude of all Prophetes which was sheed from the beginninge of the worlde maye be requyred of this generacion

⁵¹from the bloud of Abell vnto the bloud of zachary which perisshed bitwene the aulter and the temple. Verely I saye vnto you: it shalbe requyred of this nacion.

⁵²Wo be to you lawears: for ye have taken awaye the keye of knowledge ye entred not in youre selves and them that came in ye forbade.

⁵³When he thus spake vnto them the lawears and the Pharises began to wexe busye about him and to stop his mouth with many questions